Brenda L. Thomas
 

Ms. Thomas is a Philadelphia based marketing professional and sought after commentator on what really goes on behind the scenes in the world of basketball. She previously worked as a senior executive secretary for IBM and went on to establish the marketing edge of the basketball footwear and apparel company, AND 1. In addition to creating her own business, Admin Ink, she also worked as the personal assistant to NBA All-Star Stephon X. Marbury.

Laying Down My Burdens
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Phillywriter.com; 1st Edition edition (October 2, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0979762200

It is truly my pleasure to introduce my long awaited memoir, Laying Down My Burdens. Sharing this very personal story of domestic violence allows me to shed the layers of my past. While revealing the truth of my journey has been cathartic for me, I also hope to inspire women and or men who may have experienced or are still living in these difficult circumstances. For this very special project I have chosen to return to self-publishing. It is a departure from the fiction my fans have come to expect, but I hope you will find it inspiring and thought-provoking. If fact is indeed stranger than fiction, it can undoubtedly be more unpredictable, erratic, surprising, moving, encouraging, and simply honest.

Every Woman's Got a Secret
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ISBN: 0743497066
Pub. Date: January 2007
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

LIVIN' THE LIFE . . .

One of the hottest young veejays to hit music television, Caroline Isaacs is a prodigy at the top of her game. She hosts her own show where she interviews A-list celebs and dons threads from topshelf designers; she and her boyfriend, Julius, are head over heels in love; and she virtually has it all. At the suggestion of her new ambitious and friendly intern, Marì Colonada, they take the show on the road to boost summer ratings and spice it up.

. . . UNTIL LIFE GOT COMPLICATED.

Off and rolling in a motor mansion RV equipped with every imaginable gadget and luxury, Caroline is meeting fans, stirring up trouble in cities from Las Vegas to Philly, and hitting the hottest clubs on the party scene. Along the way, Caroline and Marì become close friends and the tour is a huge success . . . until the trip takes some unexpected turns that prove costly and life-altering for Caroline. Once Caroline realizes the source, she must delve into the past where she discovers a dark trail of lies, jealousy, and murder. Now that she knows, can Caroline expose the truth and get her life back before it's too late?

Kiss The Year Goodbye
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ISBN: 0743497074
Format: Paperback, 358pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

New Year's Eve is the time to make a naughty resolution, so shed your inhibitions and indulge in this sultry collection of escapades from four of the hottest writers around.

In Brenda L. Thomas's "Every New Year," a shoot-out lands a respected doctor in the hospital with a bad case of amnesia, and in the care of a man too sexy to resist.

In "Whatever It Takes" by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker, a sassy older woman tries to break off her steamy relationship with her best friend's twenty-three-year-old son, but he shows her he's man enough to fulfill her needs.

Crystal Lacey Winslow proves you can be "Dangerously in Love" when a prim and proper young woman's wild side takes over after the man she's dating slips up with another woman.

In "My Boo" by Daaimah S. Poole, a Philly girl's long-distance boyfriend never has time for her — not even around the holidays. So when her ex-roommate's latest lover comes knocking, she's ready to get the party started.

The Velvet Rope
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ISBN: 0743477286
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Pub. Date: January 2005
Publisher: Pocket Books

Life is a party.

When Tiffany Johnson, a street-smart publicist at Platinum Images, decides to launch Teaz Entertainment and open a club, she's setting out to be the queen of Philly nightlife. Keeping it in the family, she partners up with her fiancé, Malik, and her sister, Kamille, and counts on her friend DJ Essence to bring the noise. Investors seem to be lining up and the buzz is gettin' loud.

Be careful who you invite.

When Tiffany finds out that Malik and Kamille had an affair -- and that it might not be the only secret they share -- she spirals downward and gets swept up in two unexpectedly erotic affairs of her own. Awakening to a new kind of sexual freedom and reeling from betrayal, Tiffany is raw and vulnerable. So vulnerable that she doesn't realize that her new lovers are involved in more than kinky sex, and that they might take her new club down with them...unless she takes them down first.

Four Degrees of Heat
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ISBN: 0743491459
Format: Paperback, 328pp
Pub. Date: July 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

The mercury is soaring, and it's the perfect time to dive into a pool of uninhibited sensuality. Take a break from the heat with this collection of steamy summertime encounters featuring four of today's most popular African-American women writers.

Going south for her summer break, a high school math teacher puts her assets to work as an exotic dancer in Maxed Out by Brenda L. Thomas. But when her secret double life follows her home to Philadelphia, things swing wildly out of control as she tries to walk the line between sexy woman and sex object.

Worlds collide when a street-smart beauty scores with a multimillionaire during a summer that climaxes with the New York City blackout. Crystal Lacey Winslow captures the edgy thrills -- and the dark side -- of carnal pleasures in Sex, Sin & Brooklyn.

In Rochelle Alers' Summer Madness, a sexy brother with a mysterious past turns a pretty librarian's play-it-safe Hamptons vacation into a torrent of sensual delights. But can she trust him without knowing his whole story?

A jilted bride is on the Rebound in ReShonda Tate Billingsley's tale of passion in unexpected places. A Houston attorney goes solo on the Belize honeymoon she was supposed to share with her husband -- and makes a sizzling connection with a handsome stranger in paradise.

Fourplay: The Dance of Sensuality
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ISBN: 0743477278
Format: Paperback, 256pp
Pub. Date: April 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

It's been two years since the tumultuous end of Sasha Borianni's affair with three men. She's looking forward to a new life after establishing her own public relations firm, Platinum Images. But as her client list grows, she once again finds herself mixing business with pleasure - and balancing her affairs this time around is proving much more difficult. Her newest client/lover, banking exec, Jordan Ashe, turns out to be even kinkier than Sasha could've imagined, while her old flame, NBA player Phoenix Carter, proves more adept at seducing Sasha than letting her clean up his image as a reckless gambler. Complicating things further is Trent, who once ended his relationship with Sasha over baby-mama drama, but who now wants her back in his life. And financier Lyor Turrell makes his own play for Sasha, but only so he can manipulate one of Sasha's other lovers.

Threesome: Where Seduction, Power and Basketball Collide
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Format: Paperback, 144pp.
ISBN: 0970380313
Publisher: Writers and Poets.com
Pub. Date: January 28, 2002

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Book Description
Sasha is caught in the middle of the exciting, sexually charged underbelly of professional basketball, the sadness of suicide and constant self-destructive behavior. Follow along as the threads of love, happiness and self-worth are woven together to create the fabric of Threesome

"The suspenseful opening of Threesome is told through the voice of several different characters and lays the foundation for the rest of the story. Eventually the narrative trickles into one voice, that of the main character, Sasha, a lost soul who perpetually finds herself as the third party in a series of dysfunctional relationships". Read Threesome's suspenseful opening